ADD and Eating Disorders

[Avalanche]

Hehe. The ED centre was pretty quick to start me on ritalin when the diagnosis was made! Maybe also because I was disrupting the group. But, I'm doing better since starting Ritalin.

[Flory]

i suffered with full blown anorexia back in 07-09 horrible horrible times..i still struggle with food/weight issues but i have to keep it together or theyll stop the adhd meds

[Avalanche]

I have a 12-year history with anorexia and bulimia.... I'm labelled 'chronic'... and I don't really care. What's important is that I can function normally again, and I've maintained my weight for 6 months already, but I'm still marginally underweight.

[gemini-dreamer]

I also have had an eating disorder since I was about 15 yrs old (bullimia). I get it under control, and for the most part its nearly gone. I hadn't realized it could be connected to ADD, just realized this week that I have ADD even though I have always had symptoms.... Just never did the math.

[delirious_anon]

I am curious for some advice on ADD medications for a recovering bulimic.

I have been dealing with bulimia for about 10 years. The first five were the worst. I was diagnosed with ADD and put on Adderall for about 3 years. My dose got too high and I experienced terrible skin issues so I wanted off of it. My bulimia was very much under control while my ADD was being treated.

I took a year and half off of meds and have had relapses and my ADD is terrible. I'm spacey. I am scared to go back on Adderall though. I've heard it may make things worse. Yes I lost weight, but it wasn't a fix.

This month I started Concerta and I've having strange reactions. My doctor said it was less likely to be abused and calmer. I'm not seeing great improvement. He also said I may want to stick to what my body knows. I'm just hesitant going back on Adderall.

I wanted to maybe try a low dose of Adderall now that I know what is too high and only when needed for school in addition to therapy so I don't spiral. The concerta just isn't doing much and I seem grouchy and zombie like.

Is this a bad idea?

[SquarePeg]

If I read correctly
• Girls with ADHD have 5.6 times higher rates of Bulimia Nervosa than controls according to a study in The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
• 8% of girls with ADHD-Combined had engaged in at least one DSM-IV defined binge eating episode in the last year ...relative to 0% of girls with ADHD-Inattentive and comparison girls. Study in The Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

I am adhd inattentive and suffered bulimia from the age of 17 to 27 (even though the study suggests that adhd inattentive don´t suffer from bulimia. I didn´t just have one episode of binge eating in one year, I had a least one per day.

At this time I was also suffering from relationship issues, I kept destroying perfectly good relationships with lovely considerate partners and I didn´t know why, I just got bored and wanted drama.

I had pyschotherapy which helped tremendously and the bulimia went completely but my adhd still wasn´t diagnosed until 20 years later.
I don´t know how they define bulimia, but it states that

[Alexandre]

This was the fast fix for me. Like you said, it didn't cure my anorexia but it designed my way of life generally new. And the only objective I can think of that I would finally piece of cake together like that within a few periods of the new drugs is that I had ADD - inattentive type in the mix of all my other circumstances.